Garage



M, C. TUNlSON ET AL.

GARAGE Filed July 26 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

INVf/ITQRS 5.x]. Nun/1v END Patented Dec- 29, 1925.

Umiro STATES PAaaNT' oFFIcE.

MURRAY 0. TUNI SON AND SAMUEL J. N

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GARAGE.

Application filed m 2c, 1923. Serial n. 653,874.

To all-whom it may concern."

Be it known. that we, MURRAY C. TUNISON and SAMunL J. NUNN, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of the city of Los Angel'es', county ofLos Angeles, in the State of California, have invented a new/and usefulGarage, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relatesto a garage in which automobiles may be stored on aplurality of floors,and relates more parti'c'ularlyto garages of this type in which theinsertion and removal of the automobiles is'efi'ected. with the aid ofan elevator mounted in a fixed shaft and cooperating with horizontallymovable trucks operating on each floor,-

An object of the invention is to provide a garage of thecharacterdescribed in which the automobiles may be quickly ,turned orpositioned so as to enable them to be inmrted or removed from their/respective stalls in the most expeditiousmanner without necessitating alarge turning area. or requiring the use of the power pf theautnmobile.

The invention possesses othe objects and features of advantage, some 0which, with the foregoing, will be set/forth in the followingdescription of the referred form of ourinvention which i illustrated inthedrawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is.to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the showing made bythe said drawings and description, as we may adopt variations of the preerred form within the scope of our invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a garage constructed inaccordance with our invention. 1

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of the garage.

Figure 3 is a floor plan of a portion of the garage.

Brlefly expressed the garage in its pres,- ent form comprises aplurality of floors each of which is provided with a row of stalls at oposite sides of a horizontal lon itudinaly extending passage. At one e05 the passages is an elevator which is mounts in a fixed shaft and isadapted for raising and lowering the automobiles from one floor toanother. Each floor is provided with a truck which operates in theassociated passage between the stalls zind is adapted to receive theautomobile from the elevator and carry it to its stall or vice versa. oneach truck and preferably on the elevator are revoluble platforms whichenable the automobiles to be fpositioned in their stalls in a mannermost avorable for the removal or withdrawal without requiring largeturning areas. The floors of the revoluble platforms as well as thefloors of the stalls are inclined so that the automobiles may be movedfrom the elevator to the trucks and from the latter-to the stalls bygravity. Removal of the automobiles from their stalls to the trucks andfrom the trucks to the elevators is efi'ected by power-operated towingmeans carried on the platforms.

A detailed description follows:

The arage comprises a rectangular structure 2 aving a suitable number offloors3 each of which is provided with a longitudinal corridor orpassage 4 extending substantially from the front end of the buildingto-the rear thereof. At each side of the.

passage is a row of stalls 6 the latter being preferably, but notnecessarily, divided from each otherby suitable partitions or othervisible separating means. Arranged at the of the adjacent stalls of theoprosite rows of stalls, is a verticalshaft 7 in which is Mountedrovided with a truck.

,forward end of the building and mediately whether said stall is at-oneside or'the other of the passage, the forward end of the automobile mayinvariably face the passage,

' gravity.

, bile may then be removed through the en- 7 as is the requirement inmany municipalities. This feature of our invention 1s also advantageousin that it makes it practical to withdraw the automobiles from theirstalls and place them upon the trucks by the use of a towin device aswill be explained more fully hereinafter.

The flooring of the stalls is sloped downwardfrom the passage, and thetracks13 on which the automobile rests when positioned on the trucks, isinclined similarly. In this manner as shown in Figure 2 the automobilescan bemoved from the truck into the stalls without the use of any powersave Preferably carried on the turntables is a towing device 14comprising a motor actuated drum 15 on which is wound a cable 16 havingat its outer end a suitable tool such as a hook for ready attachment tothe automobile. Owing'to the fact thatthe rear end of the automobileusually has no readily accessible portion to which-the cable may beattached,the fact that the automoe bikes are caused when positioned'in'the stall to face forward, enables the operator to attach the cable tothe front axle of the auto mobile, which in all makes is readilyaccessible. To thus withdraw the automobile from its stall it is merelynecessar to position the truck opposite the stall: revolve the turntableso that the lower ends of the tracks lie adjacent the stall, secure thecable to the axle, until the automobile rests entirely upon the tracksof the turntable. To then remove the automobile from the building, thetruck is moved to the elevator and the automobile is transferred to theelevator and lowered thereon to the ground floor. The automotrance andexit openin 21 preferably providedin the front wal 22 of the arage Inorder that the automobile may e discharged through opening 21 at themost desirable angle, a turntable 23 may be also provided on theelevator. The turntable 23 is provided with inclined tracks 24 andtowing means 25 similar to that on the trucks,

therebyenabling the operator to move the automobile on or off t eelevator without using the ower ofthe automobile.

The true s are preferably power driven so that they may be readily movedto and from the elevator.

1. In a garage, a plurality of floors each and thenerotate the towdrumenace and DOwer Operated means exclus ve of the auton'lobile fordrawing an automobile on one of said platforms.

2. [n a garage, a plurality of floors each having a row of stalls atdifferent sides of a passage, a truck associated with each floor andmovable horizontally in the passage, an elevator adapted to cooperatewith each truck, power operated means to move an automobile on one ofsaid last two mentioned elements and rcvolublc platforms mounted on saidtrucks.

3-. In a garage, a plurality of floors each havzug a row of stalls atopposite sides of a passage and provided with flooring slopingdownwardly from said passage, an elevator communicating with saidpassage, trucks associated with the respective floors andmovablehorizontally in saidvpassage from the elevator to the 'other endthereof, and a revoluble platform on said trucks inclined at an anglesubstantially corresponding to the slope of said flooring.

4 In a garage, a plurality of floors each having a. row of stallsatopposite sides of a passage and provided with flooring slopingdownwardly from said passage, trucks associated with the respectivefloors and movable horizontally from one end of said passa e to theother, revoluble platforms on said trucks having inclined tracks, andmeans carried on said platform for drawing an automobile from one ofsaid stalls to and upon said truck. a

5. In a garage a plurality of floors each having a row of iztalls atopposite sides of a, "'passa an elevator communicating with each oorpassage, a truck movable horizontally in each passage, revolubleplatforms on the elevators and trucks, and power-oper ated means carriedon said platforms for drawing an automobile thereon.

6. In a garage, a plurality of floors each having a rowof stalls atopposite sides of a. horizontally extending passage and provided withflooring sloping downwardly from said passage, an elevator communicatingwith one end of each of said passages, a truck arranged in each passageand mov- 'able from'the elevator to the other end of the passage,rovoluble platforms on the elevator and trucks and provided with trackssloped similar to said flooring, and means carried on said elevator andtrucks for drawin an automobile thereupon.

l. In a garage, a plurality of floors each having arow of stalls atopposite sides of a ,horizontally extending passage and pro vided withflooring sloping from said passage, an olcvahn' connmmicziting with onevnd of each of said passages and positioned uwdiaicly of the :uhacentstalls of the 0ppo-site rows, a truck arranged in each passage andmovable from the elevator to the othe end of the passage,revolubleplatforms on the elevatorend trucks and provided with trackssloped similar to said fioorin and power-operated means carried on saiplatforms for drawing an autoniobile thereupon.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at Oakland.

SAMUEL J. m. MURRAY 0. TUNISON.

